Data-Driven Decision Making Contracts in Scotland

Data-Driven Decision Making
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data-Driven Decision Making over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 126 -
Rank change year-on-year +31 - -
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 20 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.26% 0.23% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 0.26% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £477 £490 -
25th Percentile £479 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £626 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.86% - -
75th Percentile £516 £626 -
90th Percentile £522 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data-Driven Decision Making falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,486 1,922 2,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.40% 88.29% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 1,169 1,831
10th Percentile £263 £225 £260
25th Percentile £372 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +0.96%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £560
90th Percentile £606 £655 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 90 57
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.75 £12.30
Median hourly rate £20.94 £19.34 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.30% +17.18% -57.38%
75th Percentile £24.66 £46.24 £47.73
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.93 £65.63
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.64% +1.39% +42.97%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in Scotland

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in Scotland

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +2 14 £495 -20.86% 11
Edinburgh - 6 - - 8
Data-Driven Decision Making
UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) Snowflake
4 1 (5.00%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (5.00%) Amazon S3
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
1 2 (10.00%) Tableau
2 1 (5.00%) Big Data
2 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) GitLab
General
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (70.00%) Banking
3 13 (65.00%) Finance
4 12 (60.00%) Investment Banking
5 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Retail
6 2 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (10.00%) Retail Banking
7 1 (5.00%) Front Office
7 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 9 (45.00%) JavaScript Engineer
1 9 (45.00%) Python Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Designer
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Designer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior UX Designer
4 1 (5.00%) Tableau Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Tableau Developer
4 1 (5.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Node.js
2 1 (5.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Management Information System
2 10 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.00%) NHS
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Decision-Making
2 13 (65.00%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (60.00%) Data Security
4 10 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 10 (50.00%) Community of Practice
4 10 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
4 10 (50.00%) Data Science
4 10 (50.00%) Experimental Design
4 10 (50.00%) Machine Learning
4 10 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 10 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 10 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 10 (50.00%) Task Automation
5 6 (30.00%) Agile
6 4 (20.00%) Analytics
6 4 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (15.00%) CI/CD
7 3 (15.00%) User Stories
7 3 (15.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) Python
2 10 (50.00%) Java
2 10 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 10 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (10.00%) WCAG
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce